I am totally fangirling on Johannesburg author Jo Watson and trying to track down all her other books after devouring this one in a day.
“I always wanted to write a kind of love story but I realised, you can’t tell a love story without telling a life story. I was going to have a young person talking ...
This is not a light-hearted book but teens and pre-teens may relate to Lily’s desperation to fit in. The book’s stark depictions of racism is good food for thought. ...
In this follow-up to Secretly Yours we meet Natalie and August again and put on your seatbelts for more very explicit sexual content.
In this sweet book of high jinks, mystery and adventure, Cosima and her gaggle of eccentric friends embark on an ambitious adventure to steal back their futures ...
When the IAAF tried to stop Caster Semenya from racing because they suspected she had balls, she turned around and showed them just how ballsy she could be.
This book made me guffaw, in a very unladylike fashion, in a public place.
Don’t be fooled by this book’s cover. I mistook it for a teen romance but I was quickly disabused of this notion by the warning on the title page: “Content warning: ...
Everything about this bedtime book is soothing; the colours, the images, the font, the poetry; which makes it very effective as a bedtime story that incorporates ...
A friend and I once joked that we would start a Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Fictional Characters after I was getting particularly worked up about the ...
For me, the old adage of don’t judge a book by its cover rings true for this wonderful novel because I mistook it for non-fiction and didn’t give it another look ...
I read this novel by Johannesburg author Fiona Snyckers with increasing levels of “what the f***?”.
’m not usually a fan of celebrity biographies but I was intrigued by this book because I had to wonder, what was so special about this boy band that I heard so much ...
A colleague beat me to Ryan Blumenthal’s first book, Autopsy: Life in the trenches with a forensic pathologist, published in 2020, so I was eager to get my hands ...
A quick perusal of social media confirmed that I am not the only reader to have a huge crush on the title character of this sixth book set in the fantasy world of ...
Acclaimed Durban vocalist Zethe is set to transform personal healing into musical medicine with her debut album.
It’s not every day a South African lands a role in a Bollywood soapie, but lady luck has been generous to TeKayha Anastasia Sukuram. The 23-year-old Miss India South ...
Reviews: Lauren O’Connor-MayLea Goes to SchoolZuléka SmitLucaIn this follow-up to Ben Goes to School, Lea, Ben’s little sister, faces similar challenges as her brother ...
Home ScarS E BhamjeeModjaji PublishersReview: Karen WatkinsThis moving, coming-of-age debut novel is an intimate journey through the formative years of Asma Patel, ...
There are rivers in the skyElif ShafakPenguin Random HouseReview: Karen WatkinsShafak masterfully blends history, memory, cultural heritage and a cracking story ...